May 2020 Vol. 8 No.5

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Original Research Article

Assessment of Nurses Practices Regarding Intramuscular Injection among Adult Pakistani

Sumara Rehman^1*, Fozia Afzal², Muhammad Hussain³, Muhammad Afzal⁴ and Amir Galani⁵

¹Student, Post RN BSN, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
²Post RN BSN, The University of Lahore
³Associate Prof. The University of Lahore, Pakistan
⁴Principal, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
⁵Dean, The University of Lahore, Pakistan

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: sumara.abdul00@gmail.com

Received: 02 May 2020   I   Accepted: 22 May 2020   I   Published: 31 May 2020
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess nurse’s practices of intramuscular (IM) injection. The key concept of this study was to identify the correct and incorrect practices according to checklist. Nurses play a significant role in healthcare delivery system. Nurses are practicing IM injection that is highly considered evidence based practice and application of skills. For IM injection, it is necessary to select the proper site of injection, angle of needle insertion and aspiration according to proper guidelines. An observational study was conducted from February 2002 to April 2020. The study population was 156 registered nurses and student nurses. Data was collected through observational checklist which was scored as 0 = incorrect and 1 = correct. Sci = scquare test was used to check the association between registered nurses and student nurses. A convenient sampling technique was used to collect sample. Significant association found between the practices of registered nurses and student nurses. Checklist for IM injection was correctly followed by majority of nurses and few nurses did not follow accordingly. The study findings explored that there was significant association between nurses regarding administration of IM injection. Due to small sample size the results of this study cannot be generalized. Secondly, it is short time duration for the study.

Keywords: Checklist, Intramuscular injection, Nurse, Practice